The journalist, Feras Khatib, was wearing a PRESS vest during the
live report in the Arabic language when a man, apparently an
Israeli, approached and violently shoved him sideways, as seen on
the video posted on YouTube.

The attacker was quickly pulled away from camera view by another
member of the BBC team, while Khatib continued his reporting.

The incident took place in Ashkelon, just north of Gaza,
according to a BBC Arabic spokesman. The attacker reportedly left
right after the incident.

Khatib "was manhandled by an angry Israeli...Feras was
unharmed and will continue reporting as normal,” the channel
said in a statement.

Meanwhile, Al Jazeera's office in Gaza was fired at on Tuesday.
The network blames Israel for the attack. "Two very precise shots
were fired straight into our building," Al Jazeera’s Stefanie
Dekker said. "We are high up in the building so we had a very
strong vantage point over the area. But we have evacuated."

Tuesday saw the Gaza conflict move into its third week. According to
the Gaza Health Ministry, the number of Palestinians killed has
risen to 633 – the vast majority of whom are civilians.

Overall, five mosques, a sports stadium, and the home of a
deceased Hamas military chief were hit on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, 29 Israelis have been killed – two of them civilians.
Two soldiers were also killed on Tuesday, according to Tel Aviv.
This death toll is the highest number of Israeli military deaths
since the 2006 Lebanon war.